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1、DifferencesonCultureBetweenEnglishandChineseLanguagesLanguageisthemostimportanttoolforcommunicationandculture.Itmakessurethatthehumancivilizationcanbereservedandconveyedsmoothly.Everynationhasitsownlanguage,whichisoneofthemostcharacterstodistinguishraces.Therearesixmajorlanguagesar
2、oundtheworld:Chinese,English,French,Russian,SpanishandArabic;ofallthem,Chineseistheworld’smostpopulouslanguageandEnglishthemostwidelyused.SotodaymoreandmorepeoplehavejoinedthearmyoflearningEnglishorChineseandthetrendturnsouttobeuprising.ButlearningEnglishorChineseisnotaneasythingdu
3、etothedifferencesbetweenthem.However,itisactuallythedifferencesonculturethatdominatetherealone;thatistosay,thecultureresultsinthedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinese.(HereEnglishmeansBritishEnglish,BrE)FourfactorsareconsideredtostudythedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseLanguages:Hi
4、storicalculturaldifferences,geographicalculturaldifferences,customsdifferencesandreligiousdifferences.KEYWORD:History Geography Custom Religion1.HistoricalculturaldifferencesHistoricalcultureisformedintheprocessofspecifichistory(especiallysomesignificanthist
5、oryevents)andtheremainsofsociety.Becauseeverynationhasdifferenthistories,theirculturediffersverymuch.Whentwolanguagescollidewitheachother,troublesaboutcommunicationandrealizationalwaysgetintheway.Forexample,itiseasyformanyChinesepeopletorealizetheidiom”Yegonghaolong(叶公好龙)”buthardfo
6、rthoseforeignerswholearnaboutChinesehistorialcultureverylittle.Iftheidiomisreferedto”LordYe’sloveofdragon”,thenforeignerswillbeconfusedwiththequestion”whoisLordYe?whydoeshelovedragon?”Tomakeforeignersrealizetherealmeaningofthisidiom,aappropriateexpressionistheFilling-upTranslation:
7、”professedloveofwhatonereallyfears(LordYeisapersonwhoassertsthathereallylovedragon,butfrightenedawaywhentherealdragoncomes.)”Thus,thereaderwilleasilygetit.Analogyisanotherusefulmethodtoexplainliteraryquotationsandpersonage.ItissaidoncePremierZhouaccompaniedtheforeignguestsontheplay
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